Sonora
Producer

Las Penitas

Sonora, Mexico
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Commodities
PrimaryGraphite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Model69: Amorphous graphite
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlMantos, Stratabound
Materials
Ore mineralsGraphite
Geology
Host rockSandstone
StructureVery Little Faulting In Mine, Orebody Only Displaced A Few Inches To A Foot.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production years1989-PRESENT
Identification
Deposit ID10049173
MRDS IDMX00422
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates28.54329, -110.18953
References
PEREZ SEGURA, EFREN, 1985, CARTA METALOGENETICA DE SONORA 1:250000 UNA INTERPRETACION DE LA METALOGENIA DE SONORA: UNIV. OF SONORA, DEPT. OF GEOL., HERMOSILLO, MEXICO, 66 P.SUTPIN, DAVID M., AND BLISS, JAMES D., 1990, DISSEMINATED FLAKE GRAPHITE AND AMORPHOUS GRAPHITE DEPOSIT TYPES: AN ANALYSIS USING GRADE AND TONNAGE MODELS: CIM BULLETIN, VOL. 83, NO. 940, P. 85-89.CIMRICOMMUNICATION FROM FORMENTO MINERA